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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.8509,Lat: 40.8596
Elevation	627 meter above sea level
Local time	13:16:00pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Guarda
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo
Name	Almofala e Escarigo

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vermiosa	4.4 km	SouthWest
2 La Bouza	5.5 km	SouthEast
3 Mata de Lobos	6.7 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Sobradillo	7.9 km	NorthEast
5 Puerto Seguro	8.5 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	274 km	EastSouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	304 km	SouthWest
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	540 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 149 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Duero main - Lower, part of the larger catchment area Douro. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira de Santa Maria de Aguiar (1.9 km² at a height of around 619 meter above sea level) at a distance of 2.2 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 2.7 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 3.8 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 12%, low mountains: 88%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Beira Interior

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 161 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vila Real Airport (at a distance of 87 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

5.8 km2

7.4%

Nature

28.1 km2

35.8%

Agriculture

35.2 km2

44.9%

Viticulture

8 km2

10.1%

Urban area

0.3 km2

0.4%

Water - Lakes

1.1 km2

1.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Almofala in country Portugal

Almofala at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde	Portugal,Spain	24 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Alto Douro Wine Region	Portugal	85 km	WestNorthWest
3 Old City of Salamanca	Spain	101 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Douro Internacional e Vale do Águeda	PT	0 km	East

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Almofala
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at La Bouza

Type of weather in La Bouza	few clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.84 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	45 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 10 minutes
Sunrise :	07:19 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:28 Europe/Amsterdam